Spanish Flea

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"Spanish Flea" is a popular song that was written by Julius Wechter in the 1960s with lyrics by Cissy Wechter.

The song is best known from an instrumental version by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, released as a single and on their 1965 album Going Places, both of which were No.1 hits in America. The song featured Alpert's trumpet over a latin rhythm backing and was later used as the "Bachelor’s Theme" on the long-running American television show The Dating Game.

"Spanish Flea" was also covered by Trudy Pitts on her debut album Introducing the Fabulous Trudy Pitts (1967) and by the Doodletown Pipers on The Doodletown Pipers Sing-along '67 (1967).

More recently, the tune has been featured in four episodes of The Simpsons - The Otto Show (with Homer Simpson singing the lyrics) and Team Homer (featuring Lunchlady Doris talking over a recording). In this episode the song is played in the background as Martin and Lisa model the new colorless school uniforms. In Sunday, Cruddy Sunday, the tune is played when Homer waits for his car to be fixed (the next day after that episode first aired, Julius Wechter died). In Natural Born Kissers as Homer and Marge are going to buy a new engine for the fridge, the radio airs an ad on divorce, the music for which is "Spanish Flea".